The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-08-27
FISH CULTURE.
words Of Caution and Advice 20 Those Do
sirous Of Engaging In II.

Words Of Caution and Advice 20 Those De.
sirous Of Engaging In II.
Tam almost daily In receipt Of in
quiries Of "How may I best obtain
practical information on the cultiva-
ton Of ishw First Of all. I recon-
mend reading 30 far as possible, good
works on the subject. BY 30 doing you
will DO saved many vexations and
triala and avoid the failures and mis-
takes made by those who were obliged
10 learn by hard study and experience
When first began practical fish cul-
lurc I had but very little Of this litera-
ture to guide me, and consequently II
sometimes took me considerable time
10 work out problems which now ap.
poar very simple.
After you have informed yourself
about The necessary requirements foi
success. commence by obtaining q few
spawn or fish, and make your first OK
pcrimcnts In q small way. Although
you may DO woll orsed theoretically.
you will find. In attempting to mako
ap actual application Of your knowl-
edge. that you will mect with obstacles
that you did not know Of before; 10
other words, you must educate your
hands as we'll as your head to do the
work.
Commence In small way, and con-
duct your 1rss experiments as chcaply
as possible. -But whyp" you mny
say. ~ have read up thoroughly on
the subject ond tho path seems clear
enough Why let year 60 by without
doing work thot Will amount % some-
thing 2" Ny friend, could you xeason-
ably expect 10 read how TO mako o
clock. or any other piece Of machinery.
and then sk down and make itp
There are. undoubtedly. geniusos who
arc able TO do this, but they are the ex'
ccption and not tho rule. The chances
are even that you will make some fatal
mistake the first season, and your OK
perionce will be Just as valuable, and
not nearly so expensive, II you start on
0 small scale. A great deal can DO
learned by visiting some establishment
which Is in successful operation, and
the observations made there will be Of
great vauIe 10 the beginner.
Many failures occur through the i'm
preston that fish culture Is 30 very
simple. This is o great mistake, as 20
conduc. IL successfully requires con-
slant attention, the same as any other
business, The value Of experimenting
and making practical tests can not be
too highly estimated. There are SO
many things which to your Vision look
clear and practicable, which an actual
trial will prove to be useless. Theoret-
lcally they may be true, but practically
failures. l have many times caught an
idea which seemed TO be Just the thing
and must prove success, and found
was wrong, 30 that my usual plan now
Ia. when undertake to solve difficult
problem, to have several different ex-
periments under way at the same time,
Ind among them will be some which I
bad made up my mind would be ccrain
failures, and uiany times somc one Of
these would be Just tho thing ] wanted.
ThoEe ore many waters Of which II la
impossible to tell whether certain fish
will live In them without putting some
In and giving them trial, as, for In
stance, II any ono wishes to stock a
stream with trout, and says that Ii Is i'm
pregnated with some sort Of mineral
perhaps iron or sulphur-of course he
would have no way Of knowing how
strong tho waters were impregnated.
or Just what degree Of strength tho fish
could endure; and so | always advise
placing few In the waters in question
os sure means Of ascertaining. Oh
course there arc certain kinds Of fish
which, Il deposited in waters having
the necessary temperature. depth, bot
tom. ETC., we can soy almost TO a GER
tainty will thrive II placed therein, and
many waters which possess such char
scteristics that We know that certain
6sh will not live; but when tho waters
are such that II Is o matter Of doubt
the correct way Is to experiment
A new beginner can not expect to
learn Il all the first year, nor the sec
ond. The more he studies and expert
ments the more he will find there Is to
learn; In fact. iish culture does not dif-
Ger from any other business In this
respect have been working n prae-
teal fsh culture for about tHeniy-ihree
years, and had 4 on my mind sIHce tise
year 1887. and find theln 4 stifl 4
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